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JLPT N3 · Verb

挙げる (ageru)

挙げる (あげる, ageru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to give (an example); to list”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists.

Reading
あげる
Romaji
ageru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to give (an example); to list; to enumerate; to show; to display · ichidan verb, transitive
  2. to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather · ichidan verb, transitive
  3. to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to seize; to apprehend · ichidan verb, transitive
  4. to nominate (e.g. for a position); to recommend; to propose (something) · ichidan verb, transitive
  5. to hold (an event, ceremony, etc.); to conduct (a wedding) · ichidan verb, transitive

Example sentences

彼は実例をあげてその問題を説明した。
He illustrated the problem with an example.
Tatoeba #104711
記者：例を１つあげてくださいますか。
Reporter: Can you give me an example?
Tatoeba #183079
日本にしかない植物の名を幾つか挙げられますか。
Can you name any plants peculiar to Japan?
Tatoeba #122728

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 挙げる

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary挙げるあげる ageru
Polite (~masu)挙げますあげます agemasu
Negative挙げないあげない agenai
Polite negative挙げませんあげません agemasen
Past挙げたあげた ageta
Polite past挙げましたあげました agemashita
Negative past挙げなかったあげなかった agenakatta
Te-form挙げてあげて agete
Potential挙げられるあげられる agerareru
Passive挙げられるあげられる agerareru
Causative挙げさせるあげさせる agesaseru
Volitional挙げようあげよう ageyou
Imperative挙げろあげろ agero
Conditional (~ba)挙げればあげれば agereba

Kanji in 挙げる

挙
raise, plan, projectキョ・あ.げる・あ.がる · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 挙げる.

選挙せんきょelection一挙にいっきょにat a stroke

Source: JMdict entry 2864818 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.